We are deeply convinced that our gut has an influence on our brain (and vice versa). That our food has a direct influence on our well-being. And that an analysis beyond the normal, conventional medical blood count is extremely helpful and worthwhile for people who are not feeling well.

Here is a story that Dr. Strunz retells based on a case from Austrian neurologist Dr. Elisabeth Fertl:

A 38-year-old man has completely changed psychologically. He is anxious, sad, aggressive and a burden on his family and those around him. And what do you do with a man like that? You give him psychotropic drugs. He is admitted to the psychiatric ward of a university hospital. He is given further medication and a CT scan of his brain is carried out. Nothing surprising so far. After many different examinations and attempts at treatment, his doctors then decided to carry out further blood tests and found a gluten intolerance. This is an autoimmune disease and means that he cannot tolerate gluten, which is found in most grains (e.g. wheat, rye, spelt). So to repeat: an intestinal disease had a negative effect on his brain!Interestingly enough, the man had no symptoms of digestive problems whatsoever...

The rest is easy to say: he changed his diet and consistently cut out foods containing gluten. As a result, he feels much better!

How does our diet affect the brain?

It is becoming increasingly well known that the gut, and therefore our diet, influences our brain, because treating symptoms at the site of the problem (in this case the brain) often does not lead to the desired results.

Just because you don't have any digestive problems doesn't necessarily mean that everything is fine with your gut. Just because you have psychological problems does not necessarily mean that there is something wrong with your psyche. The trigger can also be of a physical nature. Seemingly "harmless" foods, such as wheat in this case, can make us ill under certain circumstances.

If you are not feeling well, you should look for a doctor or therapist who is familiar with functional analysis and orthomolecular therapy. Someone who thinks holistically.

Important: Maintain a healthy level of mistrust. Just because a website says that someone has become completely healthy by changing their diet doesn't always mean that it's true. However: no one can become completely healthy without eating a"species-appropriate" diet! And: if you "only" feel significantly better through a species-appropriate diet, then the effort was worth it!

Now I would like to know: Have you also ever experienced how you achieved an improvement in health by treating your gut? Or have you ever noticed, that your diet has had a positive or negative effect on your mood? I look forward to your comment!